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Everything hurt, and the more conscious he got the more he believed it was his own Chaos Energy hurting him.\n\nHe didn't feel right.\n\n\"Faker,\" he hears in his right ear and he jumps, only to be grabbed by his arm in a tight grip. \"Faker, snap out of it. Wake up.\"\n\nThe hand that was holding on to his arm was sending a strange, warm, pleasant tingling through him that eased the pain his body was going through. He leans towards whatever it is and buries his face in something soft, wrapping his arms around the thing that was curing his pain.\n\nShadow's eyes widened and he stumbled back as Sonic curled into him, hugging him as if his life depended on it. The cobalt hero lets out another groan, this one not sounding as painful as the last one did.\n\n\"What the heck are you…?\" the Ultimate Lifeform growls under his breath, before grabbing his counterpart by the shoulders and shaking him roughly. \"Faker! Wake up!\"\n\nHis comfort was destroyed the moment something started shaking him, and he whined at the pain that came rushing back to him. He pushes himself away from whatever it was, falling onto the sandy ground and laying there, each breath he took forced from him.\n\nIt hurt, everywhere.\n\nShadow just stared at the blue mess that was Sonic on the ground, wondering if something was actually wrong with him. His fur was flickering between cobalt and midnight blue, and his eyes were half-lidded with his emerald irises flickering in and out of sight. He was shaking and soft whines could be heard with each exhale of air, but there was no sign of him getting any better.\n\nShit, something was wrong with him, Shadow thinks bitterly. Of course something had to go wrong. Walking over, fighting the limp in his step, he kneels down next to his rival and shakes him -this time more gently- by the shoulder. Again, Sonic seemed drawn to him and reached up a hand to grab his arm, whining again as if he needed help.\n\nHe had to get him back, he thinks with a frown. With Sonic's energy the way it was, however, and his own energy drained significantly low, Chaos Control was out of the question. He was going to have to run back, and that was going to take too long.\n\nHis own home wasn't too far from here. If he took Sonic there they could at least rest enough for him to get them back to whatever was left of New Mobotropolis, contact someone and explain their situation, and see what happened while they were gone.\n\nThat was unfortunately the best route here. He really had wanted to keep his small home (it could even be considered a cabin) private, but he couldn't just leave Sonic here on the beach like this (...he actually could but…something was preventing him from doing just that).\n\n\"Dammit,\" he curses, leaning over to get an arm under Sonic's legs, and the other under his back to lift him up. Surprisingly, Sonic was extremely light, feeling almost like a bag of feathers in his arms. Sonic groaned with the movement and leaned his head into the biohog's white chest, wrapping one of his arms around the dark hedgehog and letting out a soft sigh.\n\nSomething was very wrong with Sonic, he noted with a roll of his eyes. He turns and takes in a deep breath, before skating off in the direction of where he knew where his house was. He didn't even have to balance himself like he usually does while carrying someone like Rouge, because Sonic didn't weigh a thing. He added it to his list of things he was honestly curious about the speed demon. He himself was created to be the Ultimate Lifeform, yet Sonic was born with the abilities no mortal mobian should even have.\n\n'Not to mention his ability to use Dark Chaos Energy;' something Shadow has tried to do and failed to many times before.\n\nHis broken communicator makes a horrible buzzing sound that makes him flatten his ears as he enters the woods. He needed to find his spare one; someone was obviously trying to contact him. Sonic's was long gone, probably in the ocean. Their gloves and socks were torn up as well, along with the many cuts and bruises they had sticking parts of their fur up in odd spots. He could feel his energy trying to heal him but failing miserably. He might even have to take his inhibitors off if he didn't start regenerating soon…\n\nHe makes it to his home within ten minutes. Kicking the door open, he lets it swing closed behind him as he carries his unwanted and unconscious guest throughout the small living room area, down a small hallway and into a decently sized bedroom. He would have to destroy this house after they left. Like hell if he was letting Sonic of all people know where he lived…\n\nHe lays Sonic down on the bed and goes to search for his communicator, but is caught when Sonic grips a tight hold on him and doesn't let go.\n\nSeriously, what was the deal with him? The striped hedgehog's eyes narrow, a scowl forming on his muzzle. \"Knock it off, Faker,\" he huffs, prying the hero's hands off of him, before turning to begin his search. Sonic whined but didn't do much else, his dark blue aura still floating around him from his dark form.\n\nLeaving the room to check in the kitchen, he finds his communicator there, sitting on one of the counters right next to the sink. He picks it up and turns it on, before dialing Rouge's number and waiting for her to answer.\n\n[i]\"Shadow? About time you picked up,\"[/i] Rouge huffs as her face appears on screen, looking rattled. [i]\"Where are you guys? Are you okay?\"[/i]\n\n\"I'm fine, but something's wrong with him,\" Shadow answers, watching as a red echidna joined Rouge on screen.\n\n[i]\"What do you mean something's wrong with him?\" [/i]Knuckles asks in a gruff, worried voice. Even Rouge looks heavily concerned, and Shadow suddenly -not sure why- feels a little guilty about being so rough with the blue hero.\n\n\"He's in and out of his dark form, is being super clingy, and is only semi-conscious,\" he explains, not sure what else to say. \"He's alive, but incoherent.\"\n\n[i]\"Where are you?\" [/i]Rouge asks, a question Shadow was trying to avoid.\n\n\"Ten miles northwest of the Sapphire Sea,\" he says, not giving anymore context.\n\n[i]\"Shit, that's too far,\" [/i]Knuckles curses, crossing his arms. [i]\"Something's obviously wrong with his energy. Do you still have the Chaos Emeralds?\"[/i]\n\nHe inwardly flinched. No, he didn't know how to keep them together after they were used. Sonic could do it, but he said it wasn't good for the emeralds. That they needed to separate after they all came together to prevent any issues with their energies.\n\nHe didn't have even one.\n\n\"No,\" he replies almost hesitantly, to which Knuckles curses again and Rouge groans in exasperation. \"What else am I supposed to do until I get him back there?\" he asks, irritation evident in his tone.\n\n[i]\"Just keep a close eye on him,\"[/i] Knuckles huffs. [i]\"See if you can't try to balance his energy with your own. If it works, it's most likely because he's low on positive energy.\"[/i]\n\n\"I'll see what I can do, and be there within six hours,\" he sighs, rubbing his eyes with his free hand.\n\n[i]\"Let us know when you're on your way,\" [/i]Rouge speaks up. [i]\"We have a huge mess over here to deal with, so whenever you feel like joining in you're more than welcome to.\"[/i]\n\n\"Whatever,\" is the last thing Shadow says before hanging up the call, throwing the communicator back on the counter where he found it.\n\nScrew Eggman, screw the Chaos Emeralds, screw Sonic's dumb as-\n\nHe left Sonic alone for too long. He leaves the kitchen and heads back to the room, stopping abruptly when he sees that the hero's dark aura had grown considerably since he left, and Sonic was curled up on his side, whimpering and trembling like a dying kitten.\n\nHe walks over and rests a hand on the hedgehog's arm, nearly jolting from the intensity of his Dark Chaos Energy. Sonic whines again and turns to curl into him again, and Shadow does what Knuckles had said and tries to feed him some positive energy. The moment he did, however, Sonic made a most interesting noise.\n\nIt was a mix between a purr, a whine, and a moan, and suddenly Sonic was ten times more clingy than he had been before, reaching for Shadow and trying to pull him closer. Shadow nearly trips and falls onto the bed, sitting on the edge of it as Sonic tried to nuzzle into him. The hero's face was a light pink color, and his dark aura was fading quickly.\n\nWas...that supposed to happen?!\n\nHe didn't know, and at that point he didn't care. He also didn't understand why that...noise Sonic made was eating at his curiosity, or why he had the slightest urge to hear it again. There was also some odd, yet pleasing feeling creeping up his hand and arm that held on to Sonic, and it takes him a moment to realize that, as he's giving Sonic his positive energy, Sonic was trading it off with his negative.\n\nAgain, was this supposed to be happening? He didn't know. He only knew what he was taught about Chaos Energy, and that was all mostly for killing or for healing injuries. Nothing about what was happening made sense to him.\n\nHe's suddenly tired, unbelievably so, and has to stop himself from falling over and sleeping right next to his seemingly broken rival. It ends up happening anyway, after a few more minutes of fighting it, and Sonic's energy just felt so nice...and before he knew it, he was cuddling with the hero he claimed to hate so much.\n_________________________________________________________\n\nWhen he woke up, multiple things occurred to him at once.\n\nFirstly, the fact that he was in a bed, cuddling with a sleeping Sonic.\n\nSecondly, his Chaos Energy, was setting his body on fire.\n\nIt wasn't a burning fire, but it was intense, and he jolted up as it traveled through his entire body. He looks down at Sonic and sees the hedgehog's fur is still navy blue, but he seems calm and doesn't have an aura. He at least seems normal, well...besides the fact that his muzzle was stained pink for some reason.\n\nHis own face felt hot and he felt like it was hard to breathe, like his adrenaline was on full blast and he was in a metal box on a hot, summer day. He shakes the hedgehog next to him, jumping from the contact he made while doing it.\n\n\"Faker, wake up!\" he snaps, and thankfully Sonic's eyes opened, and the blue hero jumped up as well.\n\n[i]\"Wha-?![/i] What happened?\" he looks over at Shadow with wide eyes, realizing they were in a bed...for some reason together, and that Shadow's face was beat red, and that he himself felt...wrong. Something was wrong here…\n\nThen his body suddenly felt as if it was going to explode, as Chaos Energy rushed through it.\n\nHe shudders, holding himself as his body started to tremble. He felt hot, unbearably so, and he shakes his head, trying to make sense of it.\n\n\"What h-happened?\" he asks again, glaring at the black and red hedgehog who was just staring at him blankly.\n\n\"We...used Chaos Control,\" Shadow starts, finding it hard to talk. \"You were stuck in between your normal and dark form, and we were too far from Mobotropolis to get help. I took you to my house, and tried to balance your energy with my own, but it didn't seem to have worked…\"\n\nSonic frowns, trying to replay the memory over in his head. His dark form? He transformed?\n\n\"I went Dark?\" he asks quietly, almost meekly, and Shadow rolls his eyes.\n\n\"Yes, you idiot. Nearly crushed the city as you were destroying the ships. We had to get them all out of there before everyone was killed.\" He watches Sonic flinch, looking down with guilt written all over his face. He feels slightly bad for berating him, and sighs. \"The city is fine, as is everyone, but the doctor escaped and we lost the Chaos Emeralds.\"\n\nSonic nods, looking slightly relieved. \"G-Good… J-Just...why does my energy feel like this?\"\n\nShadow frowned, feeling it too. \"I don't know, my energy is screwed up as well. Something must have happened when we used Chaos Control.\" He looks away, thinking of whatever could have caused it to happen. \"It's possible that it was because you were in a negative form, while I was using a positive.\"\n\nSonic's eyes widen, and he looks startled about something. \"We...oh no…\" he suddenly tries to get up, but yelps as he nearly collapses on the ground. Shadow stares, confused as to what the hedgehog was suddenly so worried about.\n\n\"What?\" he asks sharply, scowling. \"What's wrong with our energy?\"\n\n\"I-I need to check something!\" Sonic exclaims, trying to balance himself. \"Just...Just stay like...really far away from me until I figure it out!\"\n\nWhy was he panicking? The striped hedgehog gets up as Sonic stumbles over to the door, injuries and all, watching him attempt to make it down the hallway.\n\n\"Wait a minute,\" Shadow walks over, grabbing the hero's arm. They both jumped at the energy shock, Sonic yelping and trying to pull away. The action causes the two of them to trip on each other, falling to the floor with Shadow pinning the younger hedgehog down. They both stare, wide eyed at each other, before Sonic is in full blown freaked out mode.\n\n\"Get off! I told you to stay away from me!\"\n\n\"What do you know?!\" Shadow yells back, not moving an inch. It was weird...Sonic usually had more strength than this. Was he that injured? Why wasn't he fighting back?\n\n\"I said get off!\" the hero exclaims, face redder than before. \"I don't know anything for sure!\"\n\n\"You know enough,\" Shadow growled. \"What do you know?!\"\n\n\"Just get off of me!\"\n\nDark Chaos was erupting from Sonic and his aura was back now, but every time his energy would let out a burst, so would Shadow's. Cobalt blue and golden yellow energy was clashing together, making a bright, blazing green that would put the Master Emerald to shame. Sonic looked like he was honestly trying to fight Shadow off of him, but it was as if his strength was weakened, as if he wasn't trying at all.\n\n\"I'll get off when you tell me what you know,\" the streaked hedgehog huffs. \"Now talk!\"\n\nSonic is gritting his teeth, scowling up at Shadow as if he was considering killing him. The Ultimate Lifeform really wondered if it was a good idea to challenge Sonic's dark form, but he wasn't going to stop until he had answers.\n\nThey glare intensely at each other for a moment, green eyes clashing against red, before Sonic turns his head away, face still red, and closes his eyes.\n\n\"I-I don't know e-everything, but...if you and I used Chaos Control at the same time….and I was using...dark energy and you were using light...then...there's a good chance our energy…\" he trails off, taking in a deep breath. \"...our energy bonded.\"\n\n\"What the hell does that mean?\" Shadow frowns, watching the way Sonic's ears pinned back and he tensed.\n\n\"I...only read so much...It's explained on one of the scrolls on Angel Island...Knuckles has a bunch of them, but...one person's Dark Energy can bond with one person's Light Energy if they're evenly matched, and used at the same time. It bonds the two people together so they become dependent on each other, and they have to share Chaos Energy.\"\n\nIt hits him.\n\nProfessor Gerald told him about this, showed him a scroll exactly like the one Sonic was talking about…\n\nChaos Born were either Dark or Light, despite Gerald's attempt to make Shadow both, and would use either or when it came to energy. The fact that Sonic was both raised many questions, but his natural energy was Dark. It's said that in order to make sure balance was in place between the Chaos Born, two people, one of Dark and one of Light, would be bonded by what their energy decides and would be tied together forever, and by together...it meant mates.\n\nIf he and Sonic were bonded…\n\n...that meant…\n\n\"No,\" he states, getting up and taking a step back, watching Sonic stand up. \"Absolutely not,\" he states, crossing his arms. \"I know what you're talking about. There has to be a way to fix it. I'm not going to be mates with you. I refuse.\"\n\n\"You...You think I want this?!\" Sonic yells, quills bristling and threatening to stand up. \"Do you have any idea what this means for me? Dark Chaos Born are supposed to be submissive because our energy is stronger than yours. You think I want to submit to you?!\"\n\nShadow glares at him, point taken. This would be worse for Sonic than him, but…\n\n\"You're the idiot that lost control of your energy,\" he snaps, \"and I had to fix it! Maybe you should have listened to me instead of-!\"\n\n\"Listen to you?!\" Sonic interrupts. \"You were going to abandon the city! I didn't know where Tails was, and I knew that if we didn't do something we were all going to lose! What else could we have done?!\"\n\n\"Leave the damn city!\" Shadow exclaims, throwing his arms up.\n\n\"And everyone in the underground shelter?!\" Sonic yells back. \"He would have killed them before chasing after us!\"\n\nSonic really wasn't at fault here, but he'd be damned before he was forced to be mates with him.\n\n\"Look,\" Sonic huffs, rubbing his temples to fight the headache forming, \"I'll go to Angel Island and go through all the scrolls and try to find a way to fix this before...before we have to do anything…\" he flushes and looks away, not wanting to even think about- \"I'm sure there's something we can do.\"\n\n\"Find it, then,\" Shadow snarls. He wished he remembered everything Gerald taught him. At the time it didn't seem important to him. Now he regretted not paying attention…\n\nSonic turns his head to glare at him again, Dark Energy swirling around him. \"You can do some research too, prick, this is your problem just as much as it is mine.\"\n\n\"It wouldn't be if not for you,\" Shadow snaps back.\n\nSonic rolls his eyes and turns away. \"Yeah, sure asshole. I'm leaving.\"\n\n\"Get the hell out, then,\" Shadow turns and heads back into his room, slamming the door shut.\n\nA sonic boom erupts in the small house, followed by the sound of glass and windows shattering, the whole place threatening to shake apart, and he suddenly wants to wring the hedgehog's neck.\n\nOh well, he was going to destroy this place, anyway.\n\nHe walks over and sits on the edge of his bed, holding his head and staring down at the floor.\n\nHis energy felt like it was going to burn him alive…\n\n...and he couldn't deny how much he enjoyed the way Sonic looked, flushed and pinned beneath him.\n_________________________________________________________\n\nRouge hands the scroll Sonic gave her over to Shadow, who took it and read the line that was highlighted.\n\nThey were screwed.\n\nGetting Rouge involved was an accident. She heard them fighting in the cave Knuckles kept all the island's documents in, and decided to join in. To hear that the two rival's were supposed to be mates was a trip for her, and she was enjoying every second of the ride that followed.\n\n\"There's no way to undo the bond,\" Sonic said tiredly, rubbing his eyes. He hadn't slept in days, reading through all of the texts twice and then three times, practically memorizing it in hopes he skipped something.\n\nShadow throws the paper down with a muttered curse, while Rouge shrugs.\n\n\"Well, they do say everything happens for a reason,\" she offered, earning two dark glares in return. She goes on, ignoring them. \"It says your energy will only bond if Chaos deems it fit to, and you're both bonded, so…\"\n\n\"This is stupid,\" Sonic huffs, leaning back against the rock on the ground behind him. \"It says they used Chaos Bonds to control Dark Chaos Beings, which is how the Great War started. They were turning us into slaves because they could control us.\"\n\n\"...and if Shadow tries to do that, I'm sure Knuckles and a few others would enjoy killing him as much as I would, darling,\" Rouge says sincerely, making Shadow scowl and Sonic give her a questioning look. If there was one thing Rouge hated more than anything, it was people abusing their mates and taking advantage over them. Working in a popular club showed her that it happens a lot, and it sickened her.\n\n\"You're not going to tell anyone,\" Sonic says in a warning tone. \"I don't care who it is, you're not telling them.\"\n\nShe puts her hands up innocently, smiling sweetly at him. \"I won't unless I have permission from you personally, Big Blue. Cross my heart.\"\n\nHe gives her a suspicious look but accepts it, looking back down at the papers on the floor.\n\nThere was nothing that could be done.\n\nSonic's situation was worse than Shadow's, with him being the Dark Chaos in the 'relationship.' Dark Chaos Born were naturally submissive, because they were stronger than Light Chaos Born. To make sure they didn't get out of hand, Chaos made it so Dark beings would automatically submit in a relationship. Once their mate's Chaos Energy contacted their's, they would lose their strength and ability to fight them off, so they were completely vulnerable. They couldn't say no if the Light being pinned them down. They couldn't fight them or do anything against them.\n\nSonic would have to submit to Shadow.\n\nThe only way to control each other's energy once a bond is made, was to mate. The thought of submitting to Shadow, letting him...do that to him…made Sonic want to implode on himself. It was such a knife to his ego, and it would mean that no matter what, Shadow could always overpower him.\n\nIt wasn't fair, he had thought bitterly. The whole reason the Chaos Born were wiped out was because of the Light beings taking advantage over the Dark and turning them into slaves. They could sell them to other Light beings, and put new bonds on them, and the Dark beings had no power to stop it. Chaos grew insanely upset about the Light's abusing their power, so it wiped them all out, almost exactly what it did to the echidnas that fought amongst each other.\n\nLike Knuckles, Sonic had been the last of his kind, and was safe from the possibility of ever having to worry about a Light being.\n\nThen Shadow shows up.\n\n...and now this.\n\nHe couldn't bare the thought of mating with Shadow. Hell, the Mating Season would start the first time they did...and then it lasted for six months before they would get a year of rest, but even then in that year they would have to mate to keep their energy under control, and that was a lot of time that he would be…\n\nHis face could not feel any hotter. This was just a nightmare.\n\nThey could try to go as long as they could without mating. Try to control their energy. Maybe he could find some inhibitors for himself, to help with the pain of his energy constantly like this. It hurt, and hurt worse every day. It would hurt until he gave in and…\n\nShaking his head, and sighs and pushes himself up.\n\n\"I'm going home, and I'm going to bed, and I'm going to stay as far away from you as possible,\" he says, not even looking at Shadow. \"I see you and I'm going to try and kill you.\"\n\nTo hear Sonic threaten someone's life… Both Rouge and Shadow were surprised, as they watched Sonic leave the cave without another word.\n\nThey exchange looks, and as Shadow scowls, Rouge can't help but chuckle, motioning towards the papers on the floor.\n\n\"We should take all these with us, just in case.\"\n_________________________________________________________\n\nIt lasted a few more weeks. Mobotropolis was being built up, so Sonic was busy there. Shadow distracted himself with missions from G.U.N., and the two stayed separated as long as they could.\n\nThen it started with dreams, and pains, and then Sonic was snapping on everyone that even glimpsed at him, and Shadow was ready to start killing everyone around him. It wasn't until Sonic realized people were starting to notice his change, and Rouge yelled at Shadow enough, that the two knew they had to meet up within the next few days. Sonic showed up at Club Rouge, and the bat herself told him Shadow was upstairs in one of the spare rooms.\n\nFrom that point on, things just got chaotic.","writing_bbcode_parsed":"Chapter One - Where it Begins

A flash of emerald green erupted on the sandy beach, dropping two hedgehogs with a spray of sand and water. Shadow pushed himself up to his knees, gawking at the still-midnight blue hedgehog only a few feet away from him. How was that possible? Sonic should have lost all of his dark form with that large of a Chaos Control.

Sonic felt as if his body was on fire. What had even happened? His vision was foggy and dark, and every time he opened his eyes he was blinded by an intense light. He holds his face as his ears pick up a strange sound, and he realizes that sound was his own groan. Everything hurt, and the more conscious he got the more he believed it was his own Chaos Energy hurting him.

He didn't feel right.

"Faker," he hears in his right ear and he jumps, only to be grabbed by his arm in a tight grip. "Faker, snap out of it. Wake up."

The hand that was holding on to his arm was sending a strange, warm, pleasant tingling through him that eased the pain his body was going through. He leans towards whatever it is and buries his face in something soft, wrapping his arms around the thing that was curing his pain.

Shadow's eyes widened and he stumbled back as Sonic curled into him, hugging him as if his life depended on it. The cobalt hero lets out another groan, this one not sounding as painful as the last one did.

"What the heck are you…?" the Ultimate Lifeform growls under his breath, before grabbing his counterpart by the shoulders and shaking him roughly. "Faker! Wake up!"

His comfort was destroyed the moment something started shaking him, and he whined at the pain that came rushing back to him. He pushes himself away from whatever it was, falling onto the sandy ground and laying there, each breath he took forced from him.

It hurt, everywhere.

Shadow just stared at the blue mess that was Sonic on the ground, wondering if something was actually wrong with him. His fur was flickering between cobalt and midnight blue, and his eyes were half-lidded with his emerald irises flickering in and out of sight. He was shaking and soft whines could be heard with each exhale of air, but there was no sign of him getting any better.

Shit, something was wrong with him, Shadow thinks bitterly. Of course something had to go wrong. Walking over, fighting the limp in his step, he kneels down next to his rival and shakes him -this time more gently- by the shoulder. Again, Sonic seemed drawn to him and reached up a hand to grab his arm, whining again as if he needed help.

He had to get him back, he thinks with a frown. With Sonic's energy the way it was, however, and his own energy drained significantly low, Chaos Control was out of the question. He was going to have to run back, and that was going to take too long.

His own home wasn't too far from here. If he took Sonic there they could at least rest enough for him to get them back to whatever was left of New Mobotropolis, contact someone and explain their situation, and see what happened while they were gone.

That was unfortunately the best route here. He really had wanted to keep his small home (it could even be considered a cabin) private, but he couldn't just leave Sonic here on the beach like this (...he actually could but…something was preventing him from doing just that).

"Dammit," he curses, leaning over to get an arm under Sonic's legs, and the other under his back to lift him up. Surprisingly, Sonic was extremely light, feeling almost like a bag of feathers in his arms. Sonic groaned with the movement and leaned his head into the biohog's white chest, wrapping one of his arms around the dark hedgehog and letting out a soft sigh.

Something was very wrong with Sonic, he noted with a roll of his eyes. He turns and takes in a deep breath, before skating off in the direction of where he knew where his house was. He didn't even have to balance himself like he usually does while carrying someone like Rouge, because Sonic didn't weigh a thing. He added it to his list of things he was honestly curious about the speed demon. He himself was created to be the Ultimate Lifeform, yet Sonic was born with the abilities no mortal mobian should even have.

'Not to mention his ability to use Dark Chaos Energy;' something Shadow has tried to do and failed to many times before.

His broken communicator makes a horrible buzzing sound that makes him flatten his ears as he enters the woods. He needed to find his spare one; someone was obviously trying to contact him. Sonic's was long gone, probably in the ocean. Their gloves and socks were torn up as well, along with the many cuts and bruises they had sticking parts of their fur up in odd spots. He could feel his energy trying to heal him but failing miserably. He might even have to take his inhibitors off if he didn't start regenerating soon…

He makes it to his home within ten minutes. Kicking the door open, he lets it swing closed behind him as he carries his unwanted and unconscious guest throughout the small living room area, down a small hallway and into a decently sized bedroom. He would have to destroy this house after they left. Like hell if he was letting Sonic of all people know where he lived…

He lays Sonic down on the bed and goes to search for his communicator, but is caught when Sonic grips a tight hold on him and doesn't let go.

Seriously, what was the deal with him? The striped hedgehog's eyes narrow, a scowl forming on his muzzle. "Knock it off, Faker," he huffs, prying the hero's hands off of him, before turning to begin his search. Sonic whined but didn't do much else, his dark blue aura still floating around him from his dark form.

Leaving the room to check in the kitchen, he finds his communicator there, sitting on one of the counters right next to the sink. He picks it up and turns it on, before dialing Rouge's number and waiting for her to answer.

"Shadow? About time you picked up," Rouge huffs as her face appears on screen, looking rattled. "Where are you guys? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but something's wrong with him," Shadow answers, watching as a red echidna joined Rouge on screen.

"What do you mean something's wrong with him?" Knuckles asks in a gruff, worried voice. Even Rouge looks heavily concerned, and Shadow suddenly -not sure why- feels a little guilty about being so rough with the blue hero.

"He's in and out of his dark form, is being super clingy, and is only semi-conscious," he explains, not sure what else to say. "He's alive, but incoherent."

"Where are you?" Rouge asks, a question Shadow was trying to avoid.

"Ten miles northwest of the Sapphire Sea," he says, not giving anymore context.

"Shit, that's too far," Knuckles curses, crossing his arms. "Something's obviously wrong with his energy. Do you still have the Chaos Emeralds?"

He inwardly flinched. No, he didn't know how to keep them together after they were used. Sonic could do it, but he said it wasn't good for the emeralds. That they needed to separate after they all came together to prevent any issues with their energies.

He didn't have even one.

"No," he replies almost hesitantly, to which Knuckles curses again and Rouge groans in exasperation. "What else am I supposed to do until I get him back there?" he asks, irritation evident in his tone.

"Just keep a close eye on him," Knuckles huffs. "See if you can't try to balance his energy with your own. If it works, it's most likely because he's low on positive energy."

"I'll see what I can do, and be there within six hours," he sighs, rubbing his eyes with his free hand.

"Let us know when you're on your way," Rouge speaks up. "We have a huge mess over here to deal with, so whenever you feel like joining in you're more than welcome to."

"Whatever," is the last thing Shadow says before hanging up the call, throwing the communicator back on the counter where he found it.

Screw Eggman, screw the Chaos Emeralds, screw Sonic's dumb as-

He left Sonic alone for too long. He leaves the kitchen and heads back to the room, stopping abruptly when he sees that the hero's dark aura had grown considerably since he left, and Sonic was curled up on his side, whimpering and trembling like a dying kitten.

He walks over and rests a hand on the hedgehog's arm, nearly jolting from the intensity of his Dark Chaos Energy. Sonic whines again and turns to curl into him again, and Shadow does what Knuckles had said and tries to feed him some positive energy. The moment he did, however, Sonic made a most interesting noise.

It was a mix between a purr, a whine, and a moan, and suddenly Sonic was ten times more clingy than he had been before, reaching for Shadow and trying to pull him closer. Shadow nearly trips and falls onto the bed, sitting on the edge of it as Sonic tried to nuzzle into him. The hero's face was a light pink color, and his dark aura was fading quickly.

Was...that supposed to happen?!

He didn't know, and at that point he didn't care. He also didn't understand why that...noise Sonic made was eating at his curiosity, or why he had the slightest urge to hear it again. There was also some odd, yet pleasing feeling creeping up his hand and arm that held on to Sonic, and it takes him a moment to realize that, as he's giving Sonic his positive energy, Sonic was trading it off with his negative.

Again, was this supposed to be happening? He didn't know. He only knew what he was taught about Chaos Energy, and that was all mostly for killing or for healing injuries. Nothing about what was happening made sense to him.

He's suddenly tired, unbelievably so, and has to stop himself from falling over and sleeping right next to his seemingly broken rival. It ends up happening anyway, after a few more minutes of fighting it, and Sonic's energy just felt so nice...and before he knew it, he was cuddling with the hero he claimed to hate so much.
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When he woke up, multiple things occurred to him at once.

Firstly, the fact that he was in a bed, cuddling with a sleeping Sonic.

Secondly, his Chaos Energy, was setting his body on fire.

It wasn't a burning fire, but it was intense, and he jolted up as it traveled through his entire body. He looks down at Sonic and sees the hedgehog's fur is still navy blue, but he seems calm and doesn't have an aura. He at least seems normal, well...besides the fact that his muzzle was stained pink for some reason.

His own face felt hot and he felt like it was hard to breathe, like his adrenaline was on full blast and he was in a metal box on a hot, summer day. He shakes the hedgehog next to him, jumping from the contact he made while doing it.

"Faker, wake up!" he snaps, and thankfully Sonic's eyes opened, and the blue hero jumped up as well.

"Wha-?! What happened?" he looks over at Shadow with wide eyes, realizing they were in a bed...for some reason together, and that Shadow's face was beat red, and that he himself felt...wrong. Something was wrong here…

Then his body suddenly felt as if it was going to explode, as Chaos Energy rushed through it.

He shudders, holding himself as his body started to tremble. He felt hot, unbearably so, and he shakes his head, trying to make sense of it.

"What h-happened?" he asks again, glaring at the black and red hedgehog who was just staring at him blankly.

"We...used Chaos Control," Shadow starts, finding it hard to talk. "You were stuck in between your normal and dark form, and we were too far from Mobotropolis to get help. I took you to my house, and tried to balance your energy with my own, but it didn't seem to have worked…"

Sonic frowns, trying to replay the memory over in his head. His dark form? He transformed?

"I went Dark?" he asks quietly, almost meekly, and Shadow rolls his eyes.

"Yes, you idiot. Nearly crushed the city as you were destroying the ships. We had to get them all out of there before everyone was killed." He watches Sonic flinch, looking down with guilt written all over his face. He feels slightly bad for berating him, and sighs. "The city is fine, as is everyone, but the doctor escaped and we lost the Chaos Emeralds."

Sonic nods, looking slightly relieved. "G-Good… J-Just...why does my energy feel like this?"

Shadow frowned, feeling it too. "I don't know, my energy is screwed up as well. Something must have happened when we used Chaos Control." He looks away, thinking of whatever could have caused it to happen. "It's possible that it was because you were in a negative form, while I was using a positive."

Sonic's eyes widen, and he looks startled about something. "We...oh no…" he suddenly tries to get up, but yelps as he nearly collapses on the ground. Shadow stares, confused as to what the hedgehog was suddenly so worried about.

"What?" he asks sharply, scowling. "What's wrong with our energy?"

"I-I need to check something!" Sonic exclaims, trying to balance himself. "Just...Just stay like...really far away from me until I figure it out!"

Why was he panicking? The striped hedgehog gets up as Sonic stumbles over to the door, injuries and all, watching him attempt to make it down the hallway.

"Wait a minute," Shadow walks over, grabbing the hero's arm. They both jumped at the energy shock, Sonic yelping and trying to pull away. The action causes the two of them to trip on each other, falling to the floor with Shadow pinning the younger hedgehog down. They both stare, wide eyed at each other, before Sonic is in full blown freaked out mode.

"Get off! I told you to stay away from me!"

"What do you know?!" Shadow yells back, not moving an inch. It was weird...Sonic usually had more strength than this. Was he that injured? Why wasn't he fighting back?

"I said get off!" the hero exclaims, face redder than before. "I don't know anything for sure!"

"You know enough," Shadow growled. "What do you know?!"

"Just get off of me!"

Dark Chaos was erupting from Sonic and his aura was back now, but every time his energy would let out a burst, so would Shadow's. Cobalt blue and golden yellow energy was clashing together, making a bright, blazing green that would put the Master Emerald to shame. Sonic looked like he was honestly trying to fight Shadow off of him, but it was as if his strength was weakened, as if he wasn't trying at all.

"I'll get off when you tell me what you know," the streaked hedgehog huffs. "Now talk!"

Sonic is gritting his teeth, scowling up at Shadow as if he was considering killing him. The Ultimate Lifeform really wondered if it was a good idea to challenge Sonic's dark form, but he wasn't going to stop until he had answers.

They glare intensely at each other for a moment, green eyes clashing against red, before Sonic turns his head away, face still red, and closes his eyes.

"I-I don't know e-everything, but...if you and I used Chaos Control at the same time….and I was using...dark energy and you were using light...then...there's a good chance our energy…" he trails off, taking in a deep breath. "...our energy bonded."

"What the hell does that mean?" Shadow frowns, watching the way Sonic's ears pinned back and he tensed.

"I...only read so much...It's explained on one of the scrolls on Angel Island...Knuckles has a bunch of them, but...one person's Dark Energy can bond with one person's Light Energy if they're evenly matched, and used at the same time. It bonds the two people together so they become dependent on each other, and they have to share Chaos Energy."

It hits him.

Professor Gerald told him about this, showed him a scroll exactly like the one Sonic was talking about…

Chaos Born were either Dark or Light, despite Gerald's attempt to make Shadow both, and would use either or when it came to energy. The fact that Sonic was both raised many questions, but his natural energy was Dark. It's said that in order to make sure balance was in place between the Chaos Born, two people, one of Dark and one of Light, would be bonded by what their energy decides and would be tied together forever, and by together...it meant mates.

If he and Sonic were bonded…

...that meant…

"No," he states, getting up and taking a step back, watching Sonic stand up. "Absolutely not," he states, crossing his arms. "I know what you're talking about. There has to be a way to fix it. I'm not going to be mates with you. I refuse."

"You...You think I want this?!" Sonic yells, quills bristling and threatening to stand up. "Do you have any idea what this means for me? Dark Chaos Born are supposed to be submissive because our energy is stronger than yours. You think I want to submit to you?!"

Shadow glares at him, point taken. This would be worse for Sonic than him, but…

"You're the idiot that lost control of your energy," he snaps, "and I had to fix it! Maybe you should have listened to me instead of-!"

"Listen to you?!" Sonic interrupts. "You were going to abandon the city! I didn't know where Tails was, and I knew that if we didn't do something we were all going to lose! What else could we have done?!"

"Leave the damn city!" Shadow exclaims, throwing his arms up.

"And everyone in the underground shelter?!" Sonic yells back. "He would have killed them before chasing after us!"

Sonic really wasn't at fault here, but he'd be damned before he was forced to be mates with him.

"Look," Sonic huffs, rubbing his temples to fight the headache forming, "I'll go to Angel Island and go through all the scrolls and try to find a way to fix this before...before we have to do anything…" he flushes and looks away, not wanting to even think about- "I'm sure there's something we can do."

"Find it, then," Shadow snarls. He wished he remembered everything Gerald taught him. At the time it didn't seem important to him. Now he regretted not paying attention…

Sonic turns his head to glare at him again, Dark Energy swirling around him. "You can do some research too, prick, this is your problem just as much as it is mine."

"It wouldn't be if not for you," Shadow snaps back.

Sonic rolls his eyes and turns away. "Yeah, sure asshole. I'm leaving."

"Get the hell out, then," Shadow turns and heads back into his room, slamming the door shut.

A sonic boom erupts in the small house, followed by the sound of glass and windows shattering, the whole place threatening to shake apart, and he suddenly wants to wring the hedgehog's neck.

Oh well, he was going to destroy this place, anyway.

He walks over and sits on the edge of his bed, holding his head and staring down at the floor.

His energy felt like it was going to burn him alive…

...and he couldn't deny how much he enjoyed the way Sonic looked, flushed and pinned beneath him.
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Rouge hands the scroll Sonic gave her over to Shadow, who took it and read the line that was highlighted.

They were screwed.

Getting Rouge involved was an accident. She heard them fighting in the cave Knuckles kept all the island's documents in, and decided to join in. To hear that the two rival's were supposed to be mates was a trip for her, and she was enjoying every second of the ride that followed.

"There's no way to undo the bond," Sonic said tiredly, rubbing his eyes. He hadn't slept in days, reading through all of the texts twice and then three times, practically memorizing it in hopes he skipped something.

Shadow throws the paper down with a muttered curse, while Rouge shrugs.

"Well, they do say everything happens for a reason," she offered, earning two dark glares in return. She goes on, ignoring them. "It says your energy will only bond if Chaos deems it fit to, and you're both bonded, so…"

"This is stupid," Sonic huffs, leaning back against the rock on the ground behind him. "It says they used Chaos Bonds to control Dark Chaos Beings, which is how the Great War started. They were turning us into slaves because they could control us."

"...and if Shadow tries to do that, I'm sure Knuckles and a few others would enjoy killing him as much as I would, darling," Rouge says sincerely, making Shadow scowl and Sonic give her a questioning look. If there was one thing Rouge hated more than anything, it was people abusing their mates and taking advantage over them. Working in a popular club showed her that it happens a lot, and it sickened her.

"You're not going to tell anyone," Sonic says in a warning tone. "I don't care who it is, you're not telling them."

She puts her hands up innocently, smiling sweetly at him. "I won't unless I have permission from you personally, Big Blue. Cross my heart."

He gives her a suspicious look but accepts it, looking back down at the papers on the floor.

There was nothing that could be done.

Sonic's situation was worse than Shadow's, with him being the Dark Chaos in the 'relationship.' Dark Chaos Born were naturally submissive, because they were stronger than Light Chaos Born. To make sure they didn't get out of hand, Chaos made it so Dark beings would automatically submit in a relationship. Once their mate's Chaos Energy contacted their's, they would lose their strength and ability to fight them off, so they were completely vulnerable. They couldn't say no if the Light being pinned them down. They couldn't fight them or do anything against them.

Sonic would have to submit to Shadow.

The only way to control each other's energy once a bond is made, was to mate. The thought of submitting to Shadow, letting him...do that to him…made Sonic want to implode on himself. It was such a knife to his ego, and it would mean that no matter what, Shadow could always overpower him.

It wasn't fair, he had thought bitterly. The whole reason the Chaos Born were wiped out was because of the Light beings taking advantage over the Dark and turning them into slaves. They could sell them to other Light beings, and put new bonds on them, and the Dark beings had no power to stop it. Chaos grew insanely upset about the Light's abusing their power, so it wiped them all out, almost exactly what it did to the echidnas that fought amongst each other.

Like Knuckles, Sonic had been the last of his kind, and was safe from the possibility of ever having to worry about a Light being.

Then Shadow shows up.

...and now this.

He couldn't bare the thought of mating with Shadow. Hell, the Mating Season would start the first time they did...and then it lasted for six months before they would get a year of rest, but even then in that year they would have to mate to keep their energy under control, and that was a lot of time that he would be…

His face could not feel any hotter. This was just a nightmare.

They could try to go as long as they could without mating. Try to control their energy. Maybe he could find some inhibitors for himself, to help with the pain of his energy constantly like this. It hurt, and hurt worse every day. It would hurt until he gave in and…

Shaking his head, and sighs and pushes himself up.

"I'm going home, and I'm going to bed, and I'm going to stay as far away from you as possible," he says, not even looking at Shadow. "I see you and I'm going to try and kill you."

To hear Sonic threaten someone's life… Both Rouge and Shadow were surprised, as they watched Sonic leave the cave without another word.

They exchange looks, and as Shadow scowls, Rouge can't help but chuckle, motioning towards the papers on the floor.

"We should take all these with us, just in case."
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It lasted a few more weeks. Mobotropolis was being built up, so Sonic was busy there. Shadow distracted himself with missions from G.U.N., and the two stayed separated as long as they could.

Then it started with dreams, and pains, and then Sonic was snapping on everyone that even glimpsed at him, and Shadow was ready to start killing everyone around him. It wasn't until Sonic realized people were starting to notice his change, and Rouge yelled at Shadow enough, that the two knew they had to meet up within the next few days. Sonic showed up at Club Rouge, and the bat herself told him Shadow was upstairs in one of the spare rooms.

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